Alosa is a genus of fish, the river herrings, in the family Alosidae. Along with other genera in the subfamily Alosinae, they are generally known as shads...
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Alewife (fish) (redirect from Alosa pseudoharengus)
The alewife (Alosa pseudoharengus; pl.: alewives) is an anadromous species of herring found in North America. It is one of the "typical" North American...
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American shad (redirect from Alosa sapidissima)
The American shad (Alosa sapidissima) is a species of anadromous clupeid fish naturally distributed on the North American coast of the North Atlantic...
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Pontic shad (redirect from Alosa pontica)
(Alosa immaculata, previously Alosa pontica), also referred to as the Black Sea shad or Kerch shad, is a species of clupeid fish in the genus Alosa, native...
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Alosa maeotica, known as the Black Sea shad or Azov shad, is a species of Alosid fish endemic to the Sea of Azov and the western part of the Black Sea...
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Allis shad (redirect from Alosa alosa)
The allis shad (Alosa alosa) is a widespread Northeast Atlantic species of fish in the Alosidae family. It is an anadromous fish which migrates into fresh...
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Hilsa kelee (redirect from Alosa brevis)
Alausa brachysoma Bleeker, 1853 Alausa kanagurta Bleeker, 1852 Alosa brevis Bleeker, 1848 Alosa malayana Bleeker, 1866 Clupea durbanensis Regan, 1906 Clupea...
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Alosa agone is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Alosa. It is an endangered species. Alosa agone are common in the Mediterranean and the western...
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Alosa braschnikowi, the Caspian marine shad or Brazhnikov's shad, is one of the alosid fish species endemic to the Caspian Sea. This is a relatively large...
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Twait shad (redirect from Alosa fallax)
The twait shad or twaite shad (Alosa fallax) is a species of fish in the family Alosidae. It is found in the eastern Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean...
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European pilchard (redirect from Alosa pilchardus)
1904 Species: S. pilchardus Binomial name Sardina pilchardus (Walbaum, 1792) Synonyms Alosa pilchardus Clupea pilchardus Clupea harengus pilchardus...
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Skipjack shad (redirect from Alosa chrysochloris)
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Alosa chrysochloris. The skipjack herring (Alosa chrysochloris) is a North American, migratory, fresh- and brackish...
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Alosa vistonica the Thracian shad, is a species of shad, a freshwater fish in the family Alosidae. It is endemic to a single shallow lake, Lake Vistonida...
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landlocked. Several species are of commercial importance, e.g. in the genus Alosa (river herrings), Brevoortia (menhadens), and Sardina. The Alosidae were...
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Alosa kessleri, also referred to as the Caspian anadromous shad, the blackback, or the black-spined herring, is a species of alosid fish. It is one of...
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Alosa algeriensis, the North African shad, is a Mediterranean species of clupeid fish in the shad genus Alosa. Alosa algeriensis is primarily found in...
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Alosa caspia is a species of alosid fish, one of the species of shad (genus Alosa) endemic to the Caspian Sea basin. FishBase treats separately three...
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Alosa sphaerocephala, or the Agrakhan shad, is a species of alosid (herring-like) fish, one of the endemic shad species in the Caspian Sea. It spawns...
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Blueback herring (redirect from Alosa aestivalis)
The blueback herring, blueback shad, or summer shad (Alosa aestivalis) is an anadromous species of herring from the east coast of North America, with...
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Alosa volgensis, the Volga shad, is an extinct species of alosid fish. It was endemic to the Caspian Sea region. It was officially listed as extinct by...
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Alosa saposchnikowii, or the saposhnikovi shad, is a species of fish in the clupeid genus Alosa. It is one of the endemic species of this genus in the...
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Alosa macedonica, or the Macedonian shad (also known as liparia), is a landlocked species of alosid fish endemic to Greece. Its single natural occurrence...
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Hickory shad (redirect from Alosa mediocris)
The hickory shad (Alosa mediocris), fall herring, mattowacca, freshwater taylor or bonejack is a member of the family Alosidae, ranging along the East...
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Alabama shad (redirect from Alosa alabamae)
The Alabama shad (Alosa alabamae) is an anadromous species of alosid fish endemic to the United States where it breeds in medium to large flowing rivers...
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Killarney shad (redirect from Alosa killarnensis)
The Killarney shad (Alosa killarnensis), also called the goureen, is a freshwater fish in the family Alosidae, endemic to a single lake in Ireland, Lough...
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Alosa curensis, the Kura shad, is one of the species of alosid fish endemic to the Caspian Sea basin. It is found in the southwestern part of the brackish...
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Alosa tanaica, known as the Azov shad or Black Sea shad, is a species of alosid fish endemic to the Ponto-Caspian basin. It is an anadromous species,...
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species, most of them from South America, but also a few found elsewhere: Alosa alosa (Spain) Arius heudelotii (Mauritania), a species of Arius Brycon spp...
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and then mullets, Alosa sp. and other sturgeons for the largest. In brackish environments of the Ponto-Caspian basin, the genera Alosa, Aspius and Engraulis...
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Halosaurus ovenii Notacanthus bonaparte Polyacanthonotus rissoanus Alosa agone Alosa alosa Alosa fallax Dussumieria elopsoides Etrumeus teres Herklotsichthys...
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